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Date of Birth
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16-January-1969
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Place of Birth
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Pensacola
(Escambia County, Florida, United States of America, 32501)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Junior, Roy Lavesta Jones, Jr., Roy Levesta Jones Jr., Jones, Roy, Jr., Jr., Superman, RJ, Captain Hook, Рой Ð”Ð¶Ð¾Ð½Ñ Ð¼Ð»Ð°Ð´ÑˆÐ¸Ð¹, Младший, ÐÑ€ Джей, Капитан Хук, Sly Jones, Roy Jones, Roj Džons Junior, Roy Jones Jr.
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Profession
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Actor, Professional Boxer, Rapper, Promoter, Sports commentator
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Roy Jones, Jr. is an American professional boxer, rapper and actor. As a professional, he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title.
Jones left his mark in boxing history when he won the WBA Heavyweight title, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title in 106 years. Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
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